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Thursday, March 2, 2017

Sisters That Changed History - Athena and Artemis

Today
we're continuing our exploration of sisters in history. If you missed
last month's post on Leah and Rachel, you can find it here.

Athena

Athena
(known as Minerva to the Romans) and Artemis (Diana) were the mythical
daughters of Zeus in Greek Mythology. While these two figures are either
legends stretched to extraordinary proportions or complete products of
imagination, they did affect history, as we will see.

Athena,
considered the goddess of wisdom, handicraft, and war, was the principle
deity of the Greek Capital of Athens. She is best known for the story
of her...ahem...unusual birth. As the story goes, her father Zeus
swallowed her mother after she became pregnant for fear of her bearing a
son that would threaten his reign. Afterward, he developed such a
horrible headache that he begged a friend to split his skull with an ax
to relieve the pressure. When his friend obliged, Athena sprang
full-grown, wearing weapons and armor, from the slit in his head. Of
course, such tales are of little interest to us, except for the fact
that they had a tremendous influence upon the Greeks as well as Romans,
who in turn influenced the entire world. Especially America. Here’s why.

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